Methodology: Derived from textual description

ID: 22

Description:

Typically a group opinion that has been derived from text about a coral colony or species.

Used for traits:

• Axis presence
• Calcareous sclerites presence
• Larval swimming speed
• Main non-scleritic skeletal component
• Substrate attachment
• Type of skeleton
• IUCN Red List category
• Polyp type
• Water temperature
• Abundance GBR
• Abundance world
• Colony contractability
• Depth lower
• Depth upper
• Depth zone
• Light zone
• Type locality depth
• Water clarity preference
• Wave exposure preference
• Climate zone
• Marine province
• Marine realm
• Branch diameter
• Branching architecture
• Calyx height
• Calyx width
• Coloniality
• Colony height
• Colony maximum diameter
• Colony width
• Coordination of polyps
• Corallite width maximum
• Corallite width minimum
• Growth form
• Growth form (basic octocorallia)
• Growth form (detailed octocorallia)
• Growth outline type
• Number of pinnules per tentacle
• Polyp density
• Polyp diameter
• Polyp dimorphism
• Polyp height
• Polyp retractability
• Polyps per polyp leaf
• Rachis length
• Tentacle length
• Trunk diameter
• Type of growth
• Genus fossil age
• Genus fossil stage
• Growth rate
• Longevity
• Symbiodinium clade
• Tissue thickness
• Zooxanthellate
• Age at maturity
• Asexual reproduction mode
• Frequency of reproduction
• Larval length
• Larval width
• Mode of larval development
• Oocyte size at maturity
• Oogenic cycle duration
• Polyp fecundity
• Propagule size on release
• Reproductive period
• Sexual system
• Size at maturity
• Spawning date

Added by: Joshua Madin

Observations using this methodology

Primnoella chilensis

• 243446

  4 trait measurements

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• 241246

  Polyp height

  1.35 (mm)

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Primnoella delicatissima

• 247855

  2 trait measurements

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• 238683

  4 trait measurements

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• 238684

  2 trait measurements

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• 238686

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 238687

  Marine realm

  Temperate South America (cat)

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• 238688

  Marine province

  Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 238689

  Colony height

  35 (cm)

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• 238690

  Polyp height

  1.5 (mm)

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• 243443

  2 trait measurements

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• 243441

  4 trait measurements

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• 243435

  4 trait measurements

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Primnoella distans

• 243454

  4 trait measurements

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Primnoella divaricata

• 243423

  3 trait measurements

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• 243425

  2 trait measurements

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• 243416

  4 trait measurements

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Primnoella grandisquamis

• 243449

  4 trait measurements

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Primnoella insularis

• 243450

  4 trait measurements

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Primnoella laevis

• 243428

  4 trait measurements

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• 243429

  Branching architecture

  dichotomous (cat)

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Primnoella polita

• 238682

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 238681

  Type locality depth

  504 (fm)

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• 238678

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 238677

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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